Although the Kingdom of Hawaii is theoretically an independent country, its streets have the hustle and bustle of a colonial port city.

Everywhere there was a rush of people of all colors, foreign sailors in various summer uniforms, whites, blacks, Indian Asan, but most of them were Chinese, all wandering the streets. Indigenous policemen, wearing shorts and white leggings, swaying around lazily, in this place in Honolulu, they are basically used to decorate the façade, because the expatriates of various countries are uncles, and no one loves these indigenous police.

The indigenous people are not the majority in the city of Honolulu, but they are not a few, these people call themselves the Kanakas, a branch of the Polynesians, who look somewhat Asian, with black hair, brown skin, tall and fit, and dressed coolly for both men and women - these young Kanaka women are one of the most eye-catching sights in Honolulu. I wonder if it's because too many Kanaka women have been abducted by white people, and Hawaii's Native population has dropped by almost half in the past few decades to less than 100,000. Therefore, the influx of Chinese in recent years has become the second largest ethnic group in Hawaii, and if this trend continues, they will soon become the largest ethnic group in Hawaii!

The streets of Honolulu are full of all kinds of shops, look at the recruitment fronts, most of them are Chinese and English. Most of them were engaged in sugar and grain business, and the land in Hawaii was very suitable for sugar cane cultivation, so the Chinese who settled in Hawaii made sugar production their main livelihood. In addition to Chinese merchants, there were also many British, American, and French merchants, and their trading mainly revolved around coffee and whales. In this day and age. Oil has not yet been used in large quantities. Therefore, there is still a huge demand for whale oil, and whaling is a lucrative business.

There are also several Chinese schools in Honolulu, two of which are "Confucianism" sponsored by the Ming Confucianism, and the Ming Dynasty's domestic Xiucai serves as teachers to teach the Four Books and the Five Classics. The rest is a Mormon mission school called Brigham Young College, which teaches Chinese, English, the Bible, history, geography, and some simple math. It is probably equivalent to the primary school in Daming.

Like all places where Chinese live. The Chinese in Honolulu are not monolithic! The Chinese here can be roughly divided into two major factions. One faction is the Hongmen power dominated by the three major halls of Hongmen (Guangde Hall, Agreement Hall, and Danshan Hall); One faction is the worship of God with a Mormon sign. The former was led by Zhang Zegen, the minister of the Ming Dynasty in the Kingdom of Hawaii, while the latter was controlled by Yang Fuqing, the head of the Mormon Honolulu Missionary Society, and the backbone was mainly former Taiping Heavenly Kingdom members of Yang Xiuqing's lineage.

Although there is a struggle between these two factions of Chinese, it is not a matter of life and death, after all, the big boss behind them is Emperor Zhu. So on top of these two factions, there is also an organization of the Hawaii Chinese Association, which is a place where the two factions sit down and talk. However, in the past few days, a group of Japanese have lived in this place called the Chinese Association.

Fujita Donghu came out of the compound of the Chinese Federation with his sleeves folded. Squinted by the scorching Hawaiian sun.

He was originally an important minister of the Mito Domain and a confidant of Tokugawa Saiaki. He is also a well-known critic of the king. If it weren't for his idea of "respecting the king" and Tokugawa Saiaki's trust in him, most of them would have been important ministers of the shogunate by now, and maybe they would be able to be employed on the side. However, when the samurai of the Mito Domain gathered, he condemned Tokugawa Akiko for launching the "Kaei Coup" and deposing the emperor. As a result, his words reached the ears of Tokugawa Saiaki, who, in order to protect his former henchmen, arranged for him to be assigned an errand to the New Mito Castle and sent him to Patagonia to build the New Mito Castle.

Although it is a chore, it saves me from seeing His Royal Highness Ming's "misdeeds" and "shrewdness and ability" in Japan. So it's a good place to go - in his opinion, the coup d'état of His Royal Highness Ming and the deposition of the emperor are tantamount to rebellion! However, the measures of the Meiji Restoration, which followed, were very wise! It is exactly what Japan desperately needs. The policies coincided with his previous ideas, so he really couldn't do anything to stand up and crusade against such a "Ming Jun".

And traveling on a sailboat to the other side of the world is not an easy and comfortable thing. There are more than 1,000 Japanese devils, including Fujita Higashiko, except for Manjiro Nakahama, who was born as a fisherman and has long run the Pacific route, and the others are all dizzy and lightheaded when they arrive in Hawaii, and a few are almost throwing up to death.

Fortunately, the Chinese here in Hawaii took better care of these "yellow compatriots", helped them arrange food and lodging in the Chinese Federation, and sent many drugs for the treatment of water and soil (all containing H loin), which will be raised for a few days. Fujita Higashi Lake can finally be accompanied by Manjiro Nakahama and want to go around Honolulu.

Accustomed to the light, Fujita, who was squinting his eyes, looked around, and then said to Manjiro beside him, "It's like I've arrived in China." ”

Manjiro's voice was a little low: "This was not the case when I first arrived here in the 13th year of Tenbo, and the whole of Honolulu probably couldn't even be seen by a single Chinese. When I went to Honolulu again two years ago, there were about 20,000 Chinese, and now, that number has exceeded 50,000......"

"Fifty thousand...... How many people are there in the Kingdom of Hawaii? ”

"If you don't count the expatriates from all countries, it may be less than 100,000! If you count foreigners, it will be 160,000 to 170,000 at most. ”

"Doesn't that mean Chinese will be ...... soon?"

"Yes, it will soon be the number one ethnic group in Hawaii!"

The Chung Wah Association is located in downtown Honolulu, with the Ming Legation and a Mormon Church on the left and right, just two blocks from the King of Hawaii's Yolarani Palace. This street, known as "Chinatown", is very busy. The streets were bustling with horse-drawn carriages, some carrying goods and some people. Whether walking on the street or sitting on a carriage, most of them are yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese.

"Fujita-sama, if we can encourage Japanese people to immigrate to Hawaii, we will soon be the number one ethnic group here!"

Manjiro Nakahama leaned into Fujita's ear and whispered, "Why is the shogunate unwilling to completely let the Japanese leave the country now?" Is it bad to be like Da Ming? ”

"Of course not." Fujita smiled slightly, "If that's the case, Japanese farmers and merchants won't go to Hawaii and New Japan (Patagonia), they will go to live on Chinese soil, and in a few years, they will become Chinese." ”

Manjiro was stunned for a moment, and when he thought about it, Fujita's words seemed to make sense. Ordinary people always have to think about their own lives, and it is impossible for them to go all the way to the kind of land where birds don't in Patagonia for the sake of the country's grand strategy, right?

Just as he was thinking of this, Fujita suddenly pulled him, and Manjiro stopped, looked up, and it turned out that he had already walked to the main entrance of the Ming Legation.

"Let's go and meet Minister Zhang, this time thanks to his help, our people have rested so well, we should come to the door to thank you."

When the two of them walked into the embassy, they suddenly felt a tense atmosphere, the embassy compound seemed to be under martial law, and there were soldiers with rifles on their shoulders everywhere, and there were also some strong overseas Chinese who were lining up at the sound of military orders, and each of them had a rifle, as if they were undergoing military training!

A thin man in his twenties and less than thirty years old, wearing a gray Ming army uniform and carrying a saber at his waist, was walking around the courtyard following several young people who were also wearing military uniforms. This person is Zhang Zegen, the minister of the Ming Dynasty in the Kingdom of Hawaii.

"It's ...... The Chinese want to seize Hawaii!? ”

Fujita and Nakahama looked at each other and were stunned. That Zhang Zegen spotted them first and took the initiative to meet them.

"Mr. Fujita, Mr. Nakahama, you have come at the right time." Zhang Zegen pulled the two of them to the open space on the side, and said in a low voice, "The Russian fleet has appeared on the sea!" (To be continued......)